Micro-Max, a 133-line Chess Source
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Micro-Max, a 133-line Chess Source
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Re: Micro-Max, a 133-line Chess Source
#2Surprisingly good chess engine (ELO ~2000). Good resource for my kids, the younger learning chess and the older interested in programing.
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#3on iOS, Chess Mini is build around Micro-Max:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-mini/id616424231
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#4An interesting long running (2009-2021) discussion between H.G. Muller, author of Micro-Nax, and Oscar Toledo Gutiérrez, author of competing minimal chess program (and IOCCC winner [1]) nanochess, may be found on the chess programming forum [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Obfuscated_C_Cod...
Re: Micro-Max, a 133-line Chess Source
#5I didn't think this was much, just some kind of chess rules engine, but this program also implements an AI opponent to play against.
That's insanely impressive!
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#6on iOS, Chess Mini is build around Micro-Max: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-mini/id616424231
Despite the engine being 2000 chars and 133 lines, the GUI is expensive. From the program description:
Size
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#7This is nice, I just compiled it, but how do I play it? I can't seem to find any instructions on the website...
Re: Micro-Max, a 133-line Chess Source
#8I didn't think this was much, just some kind of chess rules engine, but this program also implements an AI opponent to play against. That's insanely impressive!
Not just “an” AI opponent, either, but a fairly sophisticated one.
Re: Micro-Max, a 133-line Chess Source
#9If you find this interesting, the Chess Programming Wiki has a real treasure trove of info on computer chess.
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#10This is nice, I just compiled it, but how do I play it? I can't seem to find any instructions on the website...
From https://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/download.html:
> To play you must enter moves in algebraic notation, and to make the computer do a move you should press an extra enter. You can alternate sides whenever you want, the program accepts or plays moves for the side whose turn it is to move. After having done a move, be it yours or his own, micro-Max prints a board with the new position. To quit type control-c.